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Sulpicius had now found the book, and after a word oft hanks to him they renewed their argument.
Livy said: "The trouble with Pollio is that when he writes history he feels obliged to suppress all his finer, more poetical feelings, and make his characters behave with conscientious dullness, and when he puts a speech into their mouths he denies them the least oratorical ability."because to compose such speeches is the prerogative of oratory?" "That is precisely what I do mean. History is a true record of what happened, how people lived and died, what they did and said; an epic theme
Pollio said: "Yes, Poetry is Poetry, and Oratory is Oratory, and History is History, and you can't mix them."
"Can't I? Indeed I can." said Livy. "Do you mean to say that I mustn't write a history with an epic theme because that's a prerogative of poetry or put worthy eve-or battle speeches in the mouths of my generals
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